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Unidentified Leaf Mines

St. Andrews leaf miner maybe on Solidago odora SA1420 2018 1 Walterboro leaf miner on Rhynchospora inexpansa D1607 2019 3 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ostrya virginiana D1789 2019 1 Weymouth Woods leaf miner on Lespedeza D2913 2021 1 Penny's Bend leaf miner on Symphoricarpos orbiculatus D3179 2021 4 Petiole miner, Geum Oak Island leaf miner on Cartrema americana D3767 2022 5 Walnut Creek Wetlands leaf miner Calycomyza on Ambrosia trifida D5220 2023 2
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
No Taxon (Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries)
No Taxon Unidentified Leaf Mines
Remarks
This section is the home of unidentified leaf mines, which may have been made by the larvae of moths, flies, beetles, or sawflies. Knowing the host plant is extremely helpful, and in most cases essential, to identifying the miner.
Print References
(1)(2)(3)
Internet References
Great information and images of Illinois moth mines at microleps.org
Mines of British Flies and Other Insects (not North American, but much of the information is transferable)
BugTracks (Charley Eiseman's blog posts about leafminers)
Works Cited
1.Leafminers of North America
Charley Eiseman. 2018.
2.Leaf-mining Insects
Needham, James G., Stuart W. Frost, and Beatrice H. Tothill. 1928. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore.
3.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.